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Positivity bias in academic future expectations: Evidence from production and recall tasks in first-year university students
A journal article reporting evidence of a positivity bias in academic future expectations using production and recall tasks with first-year university students. Publisher metadata in the excerpt lists Elsevier BV and content type as a journal article dated 2026-10-01.
Categories: science-and-space
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 6/10
- Geographic reach
- 1/10
- Global importance
- 3/10
- Impact magnitude
- 2/10
- Positivity
- 7/10
- Urgency
- 2/10
Why it matters
The study provides evidence relevant to understanding how first-year students form expectations about their academic futures.

